Police Dispatch

BLAST FROM THE PAST

NORTH SHANNON ROAD

JULY 24, 11:45 P.M.

A woman became irate to the point of self-harm when a long-ago ex
declined to let her live with him, according to a Pima County Sheriff's
Department report.

Responding to a suicidal-threats call, sheriff's deputies located a
sweaty, bleeding, screaming female pacing back and forth in front of a
residence. While searching her backpack, they found several knives as
well as a hypodermic needle containing white residue.

When asked why she was bleeding, she said she had been running and
had cut herself with a knife on accident; however, she refused medical
attention. She stated that she had been at the house of her
ex-boyfriend, who had years ago told her that he would take care of her
and help her if she needed it. But tonight, she said, when she went to
his house to ask for a place to live, he refused to let her stay with
him. She then apparently got very angry and threatened to harm
herself.

The subject was extremely jittery and could not keep still; she was
also very belligerent and verbally abusive, stating that the sheriff's
department was full of "bitches and assholes." She repeatedly said that
she did not think the situation was funny and that the deputies on
scene should stop laughing. The reporting deputy at no time saw any
deputy laughing or making inappropriate comments, according to the
report.

After being taken to jail, the subject refused to wear her own
shoes, stating that she did not know "what the hell" those were. The
reason she gave for being uncooperative was that her ex-boyfriend
"never gets in trouble, and she always ends up in trouble."

PROACTIVE ATTACKER

UA AREA

AUG. 4, 4:03 P.M.

A violent male using schoolyard logic claimed self-defense before
assaulting a female at the library, a University of Arizona Police
Department report stated.

The victim said she had been at the university's Main Library, 1510
E. University Blvd., trying to exit the elevator, when she felt
something brush against the right side of her body. She jerked her
right elbow backward in a reflexive effort to remove whatever had
brushed her and learned that she had struck an unknown male who had
been hovering silently beside her.

She quickly exited the library, she said, but the male followed her
and shouted, "You bitch, you hit me first, so that means I can hit
you!" Then he allegedly punched her in the nose.

The reportee ran back to the library to call the police.

No permanent damage was done, and the reportee did not want to press
charges.